Clev fought like a nail so I'm not surprised he felt like he was getting hit with a hammer.....wtf was he thinking?!?....that had to be the dumbest game plan they could've came up with....Clev did everything he wasn't supposed to do...smh

Clev on Kovalev: "It was like a hammer. He wasn't rapid fast, he had good timing, good distance and his punches were just so hard ... His jab, his right hand. Just when he caught you on the shoulder he would have an impact and he was just clubbing me."

I still don't understand why Clev took this fight. One could have seen all those before...

Clev fought like a nail so I'm not surprised he felt like he was getting hit with a hammer.....wtf was he thinking?!?....that had to be the dumbest game plan they could've came up with....Clev did everything he wasn't supposed to do...smh

co-sign

kovalev controlled the distance but it wasn't hard to do as cleverly never moved out of punching range, thinking he could block and counter like he's used to doing...he probably thought he could weather the storm and outwork him late which is a stupid gameplan

Clev on Kovalev: "It was like a hammer. He wasn't rapid fast, he had good timing, good distance and his punches were just so hard ... His jab, his right hand. Just when he caught you on the shoulder he would have an impact and he was just clubbing me."

I still don't understand why Clev took this fight. One could have seen all those before...

probably the same reason danny garcia took the matthysse fight (the mandatory thing could've easily been bypassed by haymon)

can't front on the kid for taking the fight...unlike his hero calzaghe he actually had the balls to challenge a dangerous fighter in his prime

Campillo, glass chinned, has been dropped multiple times in his career, and just so happens to be a very slow starter. Kovalev-Power puncher, very aggressive.

Cleverly, a C-B level fighter with average power at best chose to stand infront of Kovalev while not throwing any punches of his own, not moving his head or feet, taking punishment. The way he fought Kovalev screams amateur, didnt even tie up when he got hurt, and instantly popped up from getting KD'd with the same stand still gameplan.

You couldn't ask for two more tailor made opponents for Kovalev than those two.

Holy sh*t has anyone actually seen the full interview on BBC? He seemed pretty level headed until he started giving his recollection of the fight in which he said he easily won round 1, won round 2 and was winning round 3 until he got caught! I do understand if he retires but he won't want to leave the sport like that. I mean it was a total demolition job, I've noticed some people likening it to the Khan vs Prescott fight and I really don't agree with that; I still think Khan on that night would have won 8/10. The Cleverly fight on the other hand was just a drubbing for every second of it and it was so bad that I could never see Cleverly winning at any point in his career even if he improves significantly. Usually when a promising undefeated fighter loses there's some sort of consolation but I just don't see it with this fight.